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with Eastern houses. They are all direct
importers, and as need demands draw also
from State manufacturer The largest of
these has its home house in Sacramento.
The proximity of the city to great lumber
regions gives it decided advantage, aud
this is presently to be much augmented by
the extension of the railroad to the sugar
pine region of El Dorado county.
IN DOLLARS.
Formerly it was the custom to annually
collect the statistics of the jobbing trade
of Sacramento, but when two or three
years ago it reached sum in excess of
50,000,000, the practice wasdiscontinued,
the proof having been sufficiently made
that the city trade was steadily advancing
from year to year, running from about
100000 in 1873 up to S50,0o0,000 in
1885. The limit of space will not permit
US to speak now in detail of the special
advantages of Sacramento for the conduct
of various lines Of trade. 1t must suffice
to merely say that the commerce of the
city relates mainly to the sale of groceries
and liquors, dry goods and clothing, hats,
caps, boots and shoes, agricultural imple-
ments and hardware, paints, oils, glass,
paper-hangings, drugs, medicines, lumber,
eneats, hides, and sportsmen's supplies !;
erockery, stoves furniture, tin ware,
millinery, malt liquors, cigars, tobacco,
lime, etc. OF manufactures and produc-
ton, wooden ware, brooms, pottery, tile
and drain pipes, boilers, machinery, canned
goods, hops, wheat, barley, fruits wines,
brandy, produce, millinery, wosd, fish,
farniture, confectionery, clothing, crackers,
saddlery, harness cooperage products,
dressed marble and granite brick, etc
OUR LOCATION.
From the showing we have made of the
location of the city, Its rail and water con-
neetions, the growth of its jobbing trade
and the economic and climatic advantages
of the place, it is clear 20 the reader that
the city ef Sacramento Is an independent
commercial center Its trade is on a firm
basis, its commercial character has passed
the period when it would be possible TO de-
prive the city of or lessen it 1t is, as has
heretofore been said in these columns, a
natural and distributing point for the in
land commerce of the Pacific coast. 1t is
a pivotal center of the railroad system of
the Pacific States and Territories. It is
the cheapest and mos, convenient point of
interior coupercid exchange for export
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Sacramento barley is of such quality that
it is in demand for brewing purposes in
the interior of the country as far East as
Chicago and St. Louis. In connection
with the cereal production, it may be
stated,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HosIE-sEEKE ER,
That some of the largest flour mills of the
coast are located in Sacramento. The
amount of -four manufactured daily by
these great mills is more than 1000 bar
rels, or more than 200, 600 barrels annually.
These mill products go to the Eastern
States, the islands OF the Pacific, Japan,
China and Central America. The prospects
for the grain grower promises better things
than the past few years have given him.
Prices are now much higher, and bid fair
to he SO, and the improvements in harvest
machinery have been such, in the past two
or three years, as to lessen the cost of
harvesting wheat and barley as much as 81
or S2 SO per acre. 1t is not probable
that the grain growing of Sacramento
county will hold all the areas now in use
by it, but still for years it will be one of
the foremost industries
IMPROVED STOCK GROWING.
As has been said in the introduction of
this article, the era of Spanish cattle and
horse grazing reached its highest point in
1884, and from that time declined, but
to the present there have been
been constant importations and additions
of ine-blooded horses, cattle, sheep and
swine, and the numbers of these have
gradually increased tor the past thirty
years. These importations of blooded
stock included the best strains Of thorough
bred trotiing and draft horses. The breed
ing OF these has been marked feature in
the agriculture of the county. The breed
ing farms of Mr.. Haggin at Rancho del
Paso, of Mr.. Winters at the Rancho del
Rio, and of Mr.. Pritchard on the Sacra-
mento, are among the largest and best
known on this continent. The horses bred
at these establishments have
MADE CALIFORNIA HORSES FAMOUS
Wherever there have been contests of speed
and endurance on this continent. Mr.
Winters has 1000 acres of the finest land
devoted to hay fields and pastures, where
the descendants of Boston, Lexington.
Glencoe and bennington Craze or shelter
themselves under the wide-branching
oaks. Among these may be seen Norfolk,
once the king Of the tirf. Mr.. Pritchard
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In the Sick Room.

In taking charge OF nervous patient the
nurse should see that every reasonable
cause of annoyance is removed, Rest
quiet, and freedom from care is the best of
prescriptions, and whatever frets and irri-
tates retards recovery. The attention
should be occupied and the mind diverted
without being fatigued. Symptoms should
never be Gwelt upon and discussed. hut
quietly disposed of in a few kind and cheer
ing words, while some measure Is takef
for their alleviation. Some of the physi-
clans who make the treatment of these all
meuts speciality in their practice order
complete rest in bed Tor their patients.
they are separated from their friends and
put in charge OF an efficient nurse. and
nothing that can hsrrass or disturb is al
lowed to come near them. This treatment
is very effeciual in some cases, but il can
hardly be carried out at home except under
peculiarly favorable circumstances. Nerv-
Gus persons should have n light, easi.y di-
gested diet, and liable TO go out, take MOD
crate exercise in the open air, in hopes that
the exer;ion may induce natural sleep.
They should be encouraged 20 exert them
selves IN any way not too fatiguing, ard
that is not followed by reaction. Light
gymnastics are sometimes beneficial, or
some fresh pursuit may be taken up that
will occupy the mind without firing il by
working in well-worn grooves. After every
exertion there should be a corresponding
period of rest The physician in attend
ance will prescribe the medicine he thinks
most suitable, and the patient should be
encouraged to have faith in him and in the
good effects of the remedy. Elisabeth Rob-.
ms Scoea IN Good Housekeeping.
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nes rivers the land is of alluvial form1-
ton, and has dark, deep, rich soil the
land between the alluvial lands and the
foothills is generally rolling, with fertile
brown soil, and the foothills, the lower
slopes of the great range, has the red
soils, so noted for their adaptability to fruit
trees and vine growing. There are few
counties in the State of California that has
so small a percentage of waste land as
Sacramento, every acre of it being adapted
to some of the purposes OF agriculture.
From the time that the first Europeans
came to the Sacramento valley, the great
industry had been that of grazing. All
over what is now Sacramento county, then
were
IMMENSE GROwrHJ OF WILD OATS,
California clover, bunch and gramna
grasses. The Spanish stock which these
early settlers brought with them multiplied
rapidly, till these grazing grounds were
covered with great herds of cattle and
bands of horses. This era Of grazing held
almost undisputed sway till into the Sos
after the gold discovery. So little had
been done in the way of farming that the
miners for years had to depend on i'm
ported articles for food, with the exception
of beef. 1t is true that General Sutter
and Messrs. Sheldon. Murphy and Daylor
inclosed fields near Sacramento and on the
Cosumnes rivers early in the '4Gs, and
other parties in various places had veg
etable gardens, but, in spite of these isola-
ted efforts, this region remained grazing
section. The beef raised here was con-
sumed in all the mining regions as far north
as the Oregon line. As the
DEMAND FOR FLOUR AND VEGETABLES
For the miners increased in the sos. the
plow was put to work, and vegetable gar
dens and fields of grain sprang into exist
ence, till the demand of the coast was fully
supplied. Then came the successful ship
ping of grain TO Europe, which further
stimulate the plowmen in their encroach-
ments upon the great pastures. So great
was this stimulus and its effects that by
the '70s the plow had almost entirely
driven out the herds of Spanish cattle and
horses. There had been vineyards of Mis-
sion grapes and small orchards of various
kinds of fruit all over the country, but up
to 1870, and even later, the staple products
were wheat and barley. The groSth of
the population on this coast and the con-
struction of transcontineptal railway,
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has several hundred acres in alfalfa and
natural clover, and large numbers of thor
oughbreds. At the head of these is Lem
ster. the son of Australian. The Rancho
del Paso is perhaps the most notable horse
breeding establishment in the world Ii
consists of $4,000 acres of rolling and bot
tom lands, nearly all covered with an
abundance of shade trees. This is divided
into pastures Of suitable size, and in these
pastures are to be found more highly bred
horses than on any other farm in America.
These horses
REPRESENT ALL THE BEST STRAINS OF
THOROUGHBRED BLOOD
Known to America and Europe Nomoney
has been spared i'll the purchase of the hest
stock for breeding purposes the only
question being one of excellence. The
number of thoroughbred horses, mares,
colts and fillies on the place must reach to
nearly 1000 head. So great has been the
success of Mr.. Haggin in breeding thor
oughbred horses that his stable last year
was third in point of stakes won, and it is
confidently expected that this year it will
be the first. Whether il is or not, it is
only n question of time when it will reach
that position. The efforts of these success
ful breeders have been productive of the
greatest good to this coast and State by
demonstrating that here are the climate
and grasses to produce the best of horses
| aud at the lowest possible cost. The result
will be to make California great horse
producing country, and to attract annually
millions of dollars to the pockets of our
horse-breeders
BREEDING OF OTHER STOCK.
In the breeding of cattle, sheep and
swine the same progress has been made
| that has marked that of horses. There are
several breeders who have imported the
hest Durham, Devon, jersey, Alderney,
| Holstein and Hereford cattle, and are now
producing those breeds that in point of ex-
cellence rival those Of Kentucky and Hi
nois.
In 1886 there were at least :, 900 head Of
| horses, 10000 head Of cattle, $4,000 head
of hogs and $4,000 head of sheep in Sac.
ramento county. There is no better sec,
tion for the newcomer to settle who wants
to engage in any branch of stock-raising
| than the county of Sacramento. The
| climate is such that stock grows the twelve
months through, and is as fully developed
at two years as the same kinds Of stock in
the East are at double that age The alb
sence of winter makes the raising of stock
much cheapter than it is where there i:
six months winter. Everything points tc
California as the future breeding
State Of the Union. Kentucky and Ten
nessee have received untold millions O.
money from the other portions of the
United States and from Canada for theil
stock. The time can not be far distant
when California will successfully compete
with those less favored localities in thi
lucrative business.
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ABOUT ISDIGo.-Indigo comes from a
plant which grows in Asia, Africa and
South America. The plant is not exactly
alike in these different countries, but it is
everywhere very pretty, With long. slender
leaves and rose-colored blossoms. Theplant
grows very tall, often as high as six feet.
The coloring matter is found in the leaves.
and is made apparent as the leaves dry.
When the plant has arrived at the proper
stage it is cut off and cast into sort of vat
with othtr plants, and after being covered
with water they are left 20 ferment Dur
ing this fermentation the indigo is deposited
in the water. II has to go through several
processes before it is ready for market.
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AGRICULTURE,

Sketch of the Vast Productiveness and
Resources About Sacramento.
The lands composing the county of Sac
ramento are of three kinds. Along the
Sacramento, the American and the Cosnm-
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VEGETABLE PRODUCTION.

Want of space forbids more than brief
notice of this industry. The past year has
seen immense shipments of vegetables from
this section 10 all parts of the East as far
as Chicago and New Orleans. Last year
the shipments were not more than one
half as large as for the first six months of
this year. For the last period named they
have reached
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1t is painful fact that the world never
knows the great respect lawyers have for
each others ability until one is sued or
dies and bar meeting is held.
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JoTTINGs BY THE wAYsIDE.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 13. 1887.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb, l3, 1887.
Ed. JOURNAL The celebrated Bald
win Locomotive works of this city, have
Just Completed two locomotives, the largest
ever made in the U. s., for The North
Pacific r. R., weighing 100 tons each, and
each engine having ten drive wheels,
In former artide written some time
ago gave description OF the City Hall
being built in this city Of "Brolherly
Love-" and will now descyibe the tower.
For its foundation an excavation was
made 90 feet square down to rock base,
and filled in solid with stone and cement.
The corner stone OF white marble, weigh
Ing eight tons, was laid July 4,h 1874, by
Alfred Potter, r. W. Grand Master Of
Masons Of Pennsylvania. There is an
engine with strong arm projecting hori-
Eontally beyon The walla, standing upon a
frame or trus,le work within the walls,
and 90 constructed as 10 revolve on a cir
cular track, by meanp oa puleys. With
this engine marble blocks weighing many
tons, brick, mortor, &C., are rsised above
she wall, run back on the little X. r track
Of this horizontal arm, until directly over
the wall, and then carried by the revolv-
sng Of The engine to the desired place and
lowered iniO position. When the wall is
finished up 10 the engine, it is raised by
screws with its fixtures rs or 80 feet and
trestle work built up 10 it. Al this time
the engine is $40 feet above lle paw eu,eni,
being 100 feet higher than any Church
sieeple in Phila. This tower when COM
p'e,ed will be the higi,est attached 20 any
building in the world. The crowning
piece OF this immense structure wili be the
statue Of William Penn, SO feet in height
] here give the comparative height OF
some Of The principal ones IN the world:
Washington monument, $50; City Hall,
Phila., 5375 feet; Cologne Cathedral,
1901 feet; Great Pyramid, 4sO feet
Strssburg Cathedral, 46S feet; ST. Peters
at Rome, 44S feet 81. STEPHENS at Wen
ma, All feet; Church OF ST. Peter at Ham
burg, $50 feet; Hotel de Villa at Brussels,
s74 feet 81. PsuPs Church. London, 800
feet; Bell Tower, ST. Marck's. Venice, 1928
feet; u. s. Capitol at Washi ngton, 2S7
feet Masonic Temple, Phila., $50 feet;
The cost of the City Hall building to
dale, IL $l2000,000, in round numbers,
and estimated cost 10 complete the work IL
$4,000, 900. and when finished will be the
6nesl building la America.
The following statement is taken from
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getting names, dates details or incidents
accompanying any matter OF business IL
he has met aud talked to visitor upon
any specific, or even general subjects, hp
will recall the facts with unerring certainty.
The household Of the Executive Mansion
Is extremely simple, consisting only o. the
Preeident, Mrs, Cleveland, ST. Clair, the
colored steward, Two dining-room colored
servants, a "chiep or man cook and one
female assistant, a person to do chores and
two colored workwOmen. Steward 81. Clair
came with the President from Albany,
where lie filled like position The pres
ident pays his own coaclmnn and provides
feed Tor his own horses. In fact lie accepts
no perqnisltes whatever from the Govern
ment, and pays his way in all outlays in
cident to private and social life. His
State dinners, OF course, are elaborate ai-
iairs, the expense of winch nre met from
his own private purse. He gives great
deal OF money to charity. Mrs. Cleveland
has what they designate IN New England
"a level head" and seldom makes u mis-
take. Almost the entire management OF
the details Of the Presidents home life rests
entirely III her hands. She has the most
exquisite taste, and there ia scarcely nook
or corner in the roomy old mansion that
does not bear an evidence of the fact that
she is the mistress of the White House.
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PENSION LAWS.

There seems to be sort OF catch or
hitch in the pension laws which gives
the impression that a soldier has no
rights that a white man is bound to
respect. AT first before he could draw
q pension, soldier must get re exam
ined by surgeon to prove that lie was
sound in body and limb when he en-
listed. What was the necessity OF such
an examination? Every soldier had
been examined at the time OF enlistment
and given full surgical proof that he
was physically sound at that time. AT
tue close of the war the board of exam.
liners had been disbandcd and some of
the doctors had gone TO patadise or else.
where and could not be found. A pen
sionrr must prove by physician, COM
rade, or some other competent witness
when and where he was disabled, his
body mangled by shot or shell, any
members thereof, except his head cut
off, in what hospital he was when sick
and when he died his widow must prove
that the disease which separated his
soul from his body was contracted by
his hardships or sufferings while in his
country's service, A requisition which
no doctor could swear to and but COM
paratively few soldiers could prove be.
fore some messenger had returned from
heaven or some other unknown region.
After soldiers papers had been ap-
proved at headquarters, detective at
the expense of the bureau was sent out
to see if he could not find some SCALA
wag tie say that the one-legged man had
lost his leg by n thrashing or moving
machine, or even if he did loose his leg
in the war he could limp around and
get living without government aid.
And when Congress did remove some
of these rattlesnake and copperhead
clogs, His Honor, Ex-Governor and
President, or Boss Cleveland, studied
night and day to find some pretcnse to
fling veto, not one or two, at the
heads of patriotic members of Congress.
Is it not about time for such limping
and befogging trickery should come to
an end? Why not make n law to give
each soldier who has received an honor
able discharge one hundred or even two
hundred dollars per annum in quarterly
payments, or some other definite
amount secured by law that will stick,
hitch or no hitch. EX.DEl.
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som ETIM T..
ny c. T. BArExAY, IN TOLEDO BLADE.

"Gol haired child In the morn of thy being,
Nurturcd in Kindness thy parents chief treas
urc,
viii you be happier when you are older,
Knowing the world with its pains and its
plcasurcs?"
30 am longing for bliss more enchanting,
When can live in some glorious sun.climc,
Crowned with the chaplcts of favoring fortune
In the bright days of the coming sometime
"Pilgrim so weary of life's heavy burdens
What are the signs emryrcan now cleaning :?
See'st thou glmpses of a gladsome uture
Over thy toilsome pathway strcaming?'
"ics my companion IN llfe's rugged journey:
Bright are the stars in the heaven now shin E
ing, y
Lighting the realms of the blessed hereafter,
Realms that are free from all grief and repin-
ing"
storm tossed sailor on lifc's troubled ocean,
Victim of sad disappointment and sorrow,
Canst thou see aught in the twilight of heaven,
Bidding thee hope for golden tomorrow ?''
"omens sec in the skies azure regions,
Family revealing the light OF the dawning,s
Speed thee, oh speed thee, angel of brightness.
Hasten the light OF a joyful morningl
Soon shall the rays of thy golden wings shin.
mcr,
Darkness and shadow shall melt into sunshin G
Then shall we read on banners celestial
Happiness dwells in the sweet coming some
time"
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PIOllner Meeting.

The Executive Com mittee of the Maui
NEE Valley Pioneer and Historical Society,
yielding 10 urgent solicitation, have con-
cluded TO announce basket, business and
social meeting at Union Hall, Maumee,
March 8, 1887, to winch all are cordially
invited. Exercises will consis. OF praise
and song service, interesting and necessary
business, short addresses and n general pio-
neer love feast, The citizens of Maume.
generously extend hearty welcome.
By order of Ex. Com.
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The Cincinnati Telegram very properly
suggests that iii they will stop unreosona-
BILE taxation, there will beno cause Tor CONF
plant Of n phcnominnl surplus" In such
event .'statesn,en" would pass NUT h better
nights, as they would not have to lay
awake 10 dlvise means how to sqnander
the surplus, or device ways and means to
distribute and get it in circulation among
the people, The beat distribution possible
10 be made ia TO leave the surplus with
ihnae who naY the lRxes.
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How many readers OF the Sentinel are
there who know anything about the pro-
visions on the Dependent Pension Bill, or
the Presidents reasons for vetolng it-that
Ia II they read no other paper2 What an
economical and just Jury such would lie
II satisfied to render declsion on
wholly perverted statement OF the Gaze ~
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What / know about that standard
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know that n 25 cent bottle cured me Of a
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Myriads OF cases OF rheumatism and neu
ralgia have already succumhed TO this won.
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25 cents n bottle.